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69.  SKIN:  BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

PERTINENT CHANGES:

  1. Lying in superficial corium are nests of closely packed cells.
  2. They are uniform in size with oval and dark nuclei and are surrounded by a rim of similar cells which resemble the lower-most layer of epidermis and hair follicles.
  3. These foci are present in different parts of the corium; they are separated from the overlying epidermis.
  4. Mitotic figures are present.

 
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A. Clinical picture of a basal cell carcinoma of the upper face presenting as a typical pearly, telangiectatic nodule.

B. The tumor is composed of nests of basaloid cells of uniform size in the dermis.

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